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To Kill A Mockingbird Quiz

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Select the BEST word that completes the sentence below:

Veronica's _________________ for candy led to her getting several cavities in her teeth.

a)

expunge

b)

murmur

c)

predilection

d)

condescension

2.
The novel To Kill a Mockingbird is set during the ...
a)
1920s
b)
1930s
c)
1940s
d)
1950s
3.
The novel is set in the town of Maycomb in ...
a)
Georgia
b)
Mississippi
c)
Alabama
d)
Tennessee
4.
The main character's father is a member of ...
a)
the state legislature
b)
the Masonic order
c)
First Purchase Church
d)
the National Rifle Association
5.
Aunt Alexandra, sister to Atticus, is ...
a)
a sophisticated, intellectual professor
b)
traditional southern woman
c)
an activist for progressive social causes
d)
an excellent gardener
6.
Scout and Jem's mother ...
a)
left their father when Scout was two and was never heard from again.
b)
died giving birth to Scout, leaving Scout with no memories of her.
c)
lives in an insane asylum in North Carolina.
d)
died of a heart attack when Scout was two.
7.
Boo Radley is rumored to have ...
a)
killed a man with a pair of scissors.
b)
stabbed his own father.
c)
broken out of an insane asylum.
d)
been bitten by a vampire. 
8.
Dill dares Jem to...
a)
go into the Radley’s front yard.
b)
throw a tomato at the Radley home.
c)
steal a basket from the Radleys’ front porch.
d)
touch the Radleys’ house. 
9.
At the end of the first summer, Dill...
a)
runs away from home.
b)
returns to his family in another town.
c)
falls out of a tree and beaks his leg.
d)
goes to a military academy for boys.
10.
The first grade teacher, Miss Caroline, forbids Scout to ...
a)
let her father teach her to read.
b)
play in the nearby pond.
c)
fight with Dill.
d)
check out the more interesting books for the older students.
11.

A mysterious figure, at some point called a "malevolent phantom."

a)

Boo Radley

b)

Nathan Radley

c)

Burris Ewell

d)

Mrs. Dubose

12.
How old is Scout when the book begins? 
a)
5
b)
6
c)
7
d)
8
13.
Their father is a 
a)
doctor
b)
teacher
c)
lawyer
14.

What does Scout tell Jem about the first day of school?

a)

She was so eager to learn.

b)

She hates Miss Caroline and vows revenge.

c)

She started out on the wrong foot.

d)

She says it was fine.

15.

What does Jem ask Walter to do?

a)

Join him and Scout for lunch.

b)

Apologize to his sister.

c)

Fight him.

d)

Stay away.

16.

Who interferes with Scout and Walter?

a)

Miss Caroline

b)

Boo

c)

Atticus

d)

Jem

17.

Whose hair does the critter crawl out of?

a)

Burris Ewell

b)

Scout Finch

c)

Water Cunningham

d)

Miss Caroline

18.

Why do the people allow the Ewells to hunt out of season?

a)

Bob Ewell is the mayor of Maycomb.

b)

So Bob Ewell's children won't go hungry.

c)

Bob Ewell will kill anyone who threatens to report him.

d)

Bob Ewell's wife is a good cook.

19.

What compromise does Atticus make with Scout regarding school?

a)

She can drop out after first grade.

b)

She can tutor the other students.

c)

They will continue reading every night.

d)

Atticus will ask Miss Caroline is Scout can skip a grade.

20.
Who narrates the novel?
a)
Scout
b)
Jem
c)
Calpurnia
d)
Atticus
21.

Test the quality of something

a)

Assayed

b)

Taciturn

c)

Unsullied

d)

Piety

e)

Apothecary

22.

To not speak very often or quiet.

a)

unsullied

b)

piety

c)

vapid

d)

taciturn

e)

flivver

23.

Your reputation is _________, or unsoiled, because you study hard, you don’t skip school, and you are generally kind to everyone.

a)

vapid

b)

malevolent

c)

assayed

d)

unsullied

24.

Retaining a limit on something is referred to as?

a)

assay

b)

taciturn

c)

unsullied

d)

stricture

e)

predilection

25.

A strong belief in God or a religion showed by your worship and behavior

a)

apothecary

b)

malevolent

c)

piety

d)

taciturn

e)

predilection

26.

The modern chemist has taken on the role of what was formerly known as the ________?

a)

malevolent

b)

flivver

c)

apothecary

d)

taciturn

e)

vapid

27.

Boring or dull

a)

assayed

b)

taciturn

c)

malevolent

d)

flivver

e)

vapid

28.

Wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred

a)

malevolent

b)

vapid

c)

piety

d)

unsullied

e)

taciturn

29.

Having a bias or favoring someone or something more than another.

a)

malevolent

b)

piety

c)

flivver

d)

predilection

e)

taciturn

30.

Slang word used for old beat up car.

a)

flivver

b)

vapid

c)

assayed

d)

taciturn

e)

apothecary